Example sentences of "he knew [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he knew beforehand because we told him when he came , first came here that we also use Mission Praise , and you do . |
| 2 | He knew exactly where he wished to slot his explosive , and how long a fuse he needed to give it . |
| 3 | I ran upstairs to see what I could , and there he was , torch and all , running down the garden and then dodging his way up to the cliff path , and fast , as if he knew exactly where he was going . |
| 4 | Peter Cook always used to say he did n't know why I was looking for myself , he knew exactly where I was ! |
| 5 | The shock of an impact struck him squarely between the shoulder blades , and suddenly he knew exactly where he was . |
| 6 | He ran quickly and followed the butterfly on to the marsh , but he knew exactly where he could go , and was not in any danger . |
| 7 | But Luke made his way through the panelled luxury as if he knew exactly where he was going . |
| 8 | And he looked at McAllister sitting primly before him , hands in her lap , the face beneath the lace cap so enchanting that Angela Macleod , née Deverill , and all her works , flew away forever , and he knew again where his heart now lay . |
| 9 | Sabraxis had given him a schedule to work through , most of which he knew already as it was based upon traditional pieces . |
| 10 | A woman he knew well before he began his affair with Marje . |
| 11 | He knew just where the medals were . |
| 12 | ‘ So I hailed a taxi outside the motel and just said British Committee and he knew immediately where it was and drove me straight there . ’ |
| 13 | But most sources were oral : a man knew what he knew chiefly because his father or grandfather had told him . |
| 14 | He knew better than to offer help , after all these years . |
| 15 | It has been argued that Napoleon III was influenced by the example of London , a city which at the beginning of his reign he knew better than Paris , for he had lived longer in it , and that the Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes were the equivalent of London 's Royal parks . |
| 16 | He knew better than to contradict anything his uncle said . |
| 17 | He was a leading figure in social evolution — his second book , on the origin of civilisation as shown by the mental and social condition of savages , was published in 1870 , the year before The Descent of Man by his dear friend Charles Darwin — but he knew better than to talk of evolution in Parliament . |
| 18 | However he knew better than to put the thought into words . |
| 19 | Ex-Eton schoolboy Jonathan Barton was bullied but unlike Charles , he knew better than to take his complaint to the headmaster . |
| 20 | He knew better than to judge by appearances . |
| 21 | But there were some rules he knew better than she ever would . |
| 22 | He knew better than to expect a detailed answer . |
| 23 | Graham was only a little impatient , and he knew better than to try to hurry Slater up . |
| 24 | Come out wherever you are and let's get it over with " , but he knew better than that . |
| 25 | He knew better than to ask her the time ; she was edgy enough as it was . |
| 26 | Hereabouts , Beryl Love 's ashes must have been scattered beneath a rose bush , though he knew better than to think Ernie might have invested in a memorial plaque . |
| 27 | ( Then he knew better than me . ) |
| 28 | I saw him to the door and watched him pace away along the streets he knew better than most others in London . |
| 29 | Because he was on the spot , and had established a surprising , and surely almost heretical , chain of friendships there on the border , he thought he knew better than these older and cooler heads in London . |
| 30 | More than five years of rebellions and civil war had honed his instincts to a fine edge , and he knew better than to ignore them . |